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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-15
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
WHAT is DONE WITH MlsDlREcTEep
MAIL MATTER.
The Museum and tho Main once De.
s~cribed-soine Examples of the Inge-
nuity of Clerks and the Careless Way
Special Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Feb. T.-Of the so. 600. 600
people in the United States, one-tenth every
year are made aware of the presence in Wash
ington of the dead letter office by receiving
letters bearing its ominous, triangular stamp.
Perhaps, of these $4,000, 900 not over one-tenth
ever visited Washington. But of those who
,y MIN came, few went
Ill away without visit
ing the dead letter
HIN Office, for it is enc
lNI-lITNH OF the most interest
IA-HUH ing of all the sights
ga in this great capital.
F.sS-UU The dead letter
~ ~ office is poked OFF in
IN fgt'H the second and third
l -I H~8IA stories of the north
EsNSyJjTIsS5M east corner of the
E-=-=T5/N t-.ygY r X department build
- HHf/Y8aEzys. Il ing. Mr.. Baird, the
M 10; superintendent, and
%sSagssI HaSNasE his assistant, Mr..
~ SsIs SNyyss4NA Perry, with their
AZ @SsAkssy @TSN occupy
N@3HSNA IA large, pleasant
1Eg1 Ss, kdEsszs~ Office on the second
- floor corridor, easily
A DEAD LETTER ERR accessible to the
public, and at the head of the stairway from
siie se,eet eh.sanee IS one litlie museum ~ me
uead is.tel once, Always opeu ana sisl1eu
aany ny huhoreds' bus the ONCE itsen'
Mhere scores oil pusyc clerks are an gay open
ing, examining ana reaooress,hg s1ray lebr
1ers, IS shut uhaer iocK ana Key. curious
OUTSIDERS VINO WISH 10 view the penetfalia Oh
sne Once, mase 60 TO MI. BARD ana geG a per-
ln1: ineh WIN an aeVehaahe ah there Is
oenihd tne locked aoor can Dc SEEN.
~ woulu oe a good 1nnng 1or tnose VINO
plsis tae oead lee1er once 70 realize some
1ning % us importance ey coihparative study
u tne poslal systems oi inc mofiu. rev
Alielieaiis ieahy Know no" great .onlng Ine
posV9siee eseloiisn,hens = Ine oiiteu otates
is. for instance, the United States has more
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10
RECORDING OF BIRTHS AMI
DEATHS.

An act of the Legislature, approved
March 20. 1887, provides that every person
who shall officiate at the birth of child
shall make record thereof, and within
three months after such birth shall make
and deliver to the Recorder of Deeds of
the county wherein the birth took place, a
certificate under his hand containing the
facts of such birth. 1t also provides that
every person who shall officiate at the
burial Of any deceased person shall make a
record thereof and within two weeks after
such death shall make and deliver. or send
by the due course of mail or express, or by
such other manner as will insure safe
transit, to the Recorder of Deeds of the
county wherein such death took place, b
certificate under his hand containing par
ticulars of such death. :,
All certificates of births and deaths shall
be fled and recorded by the Recorder in Q
book kept for that purpose, and the Board d
of Commissioners of the several counties
shall provide blanks certificates, to be paid
for by the county, to be furnished to ply
sicians midwives and undertakers, to en-
able them to carry out and comply with
the requirements of the act.
Failure to comply with the provisions
of the act is punishable by fine OF not
less than $40 nor more than $50 for each
ohense, and wilfully making false Ger
tihcate of any birth or death is punishable
by a fine not exceeding $500, or imprison-
meet in the county Jail for any period not
exceeding six months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10
AN ACT

TO REGULATE HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION. DANCE
HOUSES AND HOUSES WHERE BEER, WINE OR
sPIRITUoUs LIQUORS ARE SOLD.
The People OF the State, represent ted in
Senate aud Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any
owner, or agent OF any owner, or any
other person TO keep any house OF ill.fame,
or to let or rent fer any length OF time
whatever to any woman of ill-fame any
house, room or structure situated within
four hundred yards OF any schoolhouse or
schoolroom used by any OF the public
schools in the State Of Nevada.
SEC. q. 1t shall be unlawful for any
owner, or agent OF any owner. or any
other person to keep. let or rent for any
length of time, or at all. any house 'front.'
ing on the principal business street or thor
oughfare OF any of the towns OF this State
for the purposes OF prostitution, or for the
purpose OF keeping any dsnce-house, or
house commonly called "hurdy- house."
or house where wine, beer or spirituous
liquors are sold or served by females or
female walters or attendants or when fe-
males are used or employed to attract or
solicit custom, nor shall any entrance or
exit way to any house referred to in this
section be made or used from the principal
business street or thoroughfare Of any Of
the towns OF this State.
SEC. 8. Any persons violating the pro.
visions Of Sections one or two OF this Act
shall be deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor,
and on conviction, shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars. nor more than
three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
in the County Jail not less than FIVE nor
more than sixty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
Of the Court.
SEC. 4. The provisions OF this Act
shall not apply to towns and cities now
incorporated.
SEC. 5. In the trial OF all cases arising
under the provisions Of this Act. evidence
of general reputation shall be deemed
competent evidence as TO the question Of
the ill-fame OF any house alleged to be
40 kept, and to the question of the illfame
OF such woman.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the Dis
trict Attorney aud Sheriff OF each county
in this State to see that the provisions OF
this Aot are strictly enforced and carried
into effect, and upon neglecting so to do,
they or either of them shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor in Office, and may
be proceeded against as provided in SEQ.
tions SO and 70 inclusive of an Act en-
titled IAN Act relating to elections" ap-
proved March -. 1873.
SEQ. z. This Act shall take effect and
be in force from and after the first day of
May, 1887.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10
THE NEW LAND BILL.


SECTION l. Every person who has ap-
piled to the State Of Nevada to purchase
any land from it, or who has contracted
with the State of Nevada for such pur.
chase, or who may hereafter apply to or
contract with the State of Nevada, in
good faith, for the purchase of any of its
public lands, and who has paid, or shall
pay to the proper State officers, the amount
of money requisite under such application
or contract, shall be deemed and held to
have the right to the exclusive possession
of the land described in such application or
contract; provided, no actual, adverse pos.
session thereof existed in another at the
date of the application.
SEC. 2. Every person who has con.
tracted with the State of Nevada, in good
faith, to purchase any land from it. shall
be entitled to maintain or defend any ac.
tion of law or equity concerning said land
or its possession, which may be maintained
or defended by persons who own land in
fee, and every person who has applied or
may hereafter apply to the State of Ne.
yada. in good faith, to purchase any land
from it, and has paid or shall pay the
amount of money which may he required
under such application, to the proper State
officer, shall be deemed and held to have
the right to the exclusive possession of such
land. and shall be entitled to maintain and
defend any action at law, or in equity,
concerning such land, or the possession
thereof, which may now be maintained or
defended by persons who own land in fee;
provided. no actual, adverse possession of
such land existed in another at the date of
such application. =,
SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act contained
shall be construed as to prevent any per-
son or persons from entering upon such
landsfor the purpose of prospecting for any
of the precious metals or to prevent the
free and economical working Of any mine
which may be discovered thereon.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10
THE NEW LICENSE ACT.

Following is the full text of an amend
ment to the License Act, which was passed
at the last session of the Legislature, and
approved February l, 1887:
SEC. 70. The County Auditor shall
from time to time deliver to the Sheriff as
many of such licenses as may be required,
and shall sign the same and charge them
to the Sheriff !; provided, that before sign
ing or delivering any license to d Sheriff,
the Auditor shall fill out the license in
full, stating therein to whom said license is
issued, the kind of business authorized to
be carried on under the license, the room,
building and placewhere the business is to be
carried on, the dates when said license be-
gins and expires, and the amount of money
to be paid therefor, and shall at the same
time make entries of the same upon the
stubs in the license-book. Whenever any
license is returned, by the Sheriff, unsold,
the Auditor shall cancel and file the license,
and note the fact and date of such cancella.
tion upon the stubs thereof. No Board Of
County Commissioners shall audit or allow
any claim in favor of Sheriff until there
shall be filed with said Board the certified
statement of the Auditor that all settle.
ments required by the list Section of the
Act of which this is amendatory, have
been made by said Sheriff. The amount
of all licenses issued to the Sheriff and not
accounted for shall be deducted before any
claim shall be allowed to a Sheriff. No
county shall be liable to the Auditor, other
than for his official salary, for any fees or
for any services required Of him under this
Act
The construction placed upon this
amendment is that all persons requiring
licenses shall apply to the Sheriff for the
same, giving in the application descrip-
tion of the room or building in which the
business is to be carried on for which the
license is iss3ed
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MUST FILE CERrIFICArE AND
PUBLISH.
TApproved February o, 1881. |

SECTION l. Every partnership transact
ing business in this State under ticticious
name, or designation not showing the
names OF the persons interested as partners
| In such business, must file with the Clerk
| of the county in which the said partner
| ship is carrying on business, q certificate
stating the names in full of all the men,
bers OF such partnership and their places
OF residence, and publish the same once a
week TOR four consecutive weeks in a news
paper published in the county, if there be
one, and If there be none in such county,
then In newspaper published in an adjoin-
ing county.
Sec. @ The certificate filed with the
Clerk, as provided in Section one of this
Act, must be signed by the partners and
acknowledged before some officer author
lied to take the acknowledgement of con-
veyances of real property. Where the
partnership is hereafter formed, the certifi-
cate must be filed, and the publication
designated in that Section must be made
within one month after the formation of
the partnership, or within one month from
the time designated in the agreement of it's
members for the commencement of the
partnership; where the partnership has
been heretofore formed, the certificate
must be filed and the publication made
within two months after the passage of
this Act. Persons doing business contrary
to the provisions of this Act, shall not
maintain any action upon, or on account of
any contracts made or transactions had in
their partnership name, in any court of
this State, until they had first fled the
certificate and made the publication herein
required
SEC. 8. On every change in the men,
bers of partnership transacting basiness
in this State under ficticious name, or a
designation which does not show the names
of the persons interested as partners in its
business, a new certificate must be filed
with the County Clerk and a new publica-
tion made, as required in this Act, on the
formation of such partnership.
SEC. 4. Every County Clerk must keep
register of the name of every such part
nership, and of each partner therein, and
he shall charge for each name so entered
the sum of twenty-five cents, to be COL
lected as other fees, which shall be full
compensation for filing and registration.
SEC. 5. Copies of the entries of County
Clerk, as herein directed, when certified
by him, and affidavits of publication as
herein directed, made by the printer, pub
Usher or chief clerk of a newspaper, are
prima facie evidence of the facts therein
stated; provided, that this Act shall not
apply to any incorporation duly created
and existing under and by virtue Of the
laws governing and providing for the crea-
tion of interpretations in this State, and
now engaged or hereafter to be engaged in
doing business in this State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10
Beware Of limitations

See that the trade mark SANTA ABLE IS on
very bottle. satisfaction gusraneed or money
efunded by JOHN 8. CAPRoN.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10

Providing for photographic and topo-
graphic survery of the State.
Resolution asking the Government to
transport bullion in the postal cars
Recommending Constitutional Conven-
tion to amend the entire State Constitu-
tion.
Calling on the Government to strengthen
the navy and seacoa defenses.
Asking Congress to provide for the
election Of United States Senators by the
people.
Providing for the abandonment of the
mineral portion of Walker Lake Indian
Reservation.
Advocating the passage of the Interstate
Commerce bill.
Advocating the prohibiting of the further
importation of Chinese into the United
States.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10
NO. no.
mo. s57.
Application for a Patent.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, F,

UNITED 5TATE5 LAND OFFICE, I
EuRrKA, Nevada, May 8, 1887. I
NOTICE rs HEREBY GiVEy. THAT
IN George Phillips whose Postofice address is
hamilton. Nevxda, has this day filed his applica-
tion for patent for one thousand linear
feet OF tho trustee mine or vein. bearing sill
yer, with surface ground six hundred feet in
width, situated in White Pine Mining Dis
trict, county Of White Pine and State Of Ne
vada. and designated by the field-notes and
official plat on file in this Office as lot No 49, in
Township 10 north, range 81 east. of Mount
Dablo meridian, said lot No. 70 being as fol-
lows:
BEGINNING at = post marked No. /, U. 8. sur.
yey No. 76, the same being the original loca-
tion monument whence the section corner at the
southwest corner OF section 2, Township 10 N,
r. 81 E., M. D. M. bears N. so deg 3S min.
W, 1,940 feet; o. s. monument No. s bears N.
80 deg IA min. W., 1888 feet; post No. Q, U. 8.
survey No. 81. Jennie A lode, bears N. 35 deg. so
min. w., 2,446 feet; and the shaft upon this
lode bears N. TON deg. w., $50 feet; thence
running 1st course 8. 70 deg. W., 1000 feet to
post marked No. ., U. 8. survey No. 7s and
the original locstion monument; thence 2nd
couise N 7S deg w. 800 II. TO post marked No. 8,
q. 8. survey No. 70, and the original location
monument: thence 3rd course N. 7s deg. E.,
1000 feet to post marked No. U. 8. survey
No. rs, and the original location monument;
thence 4th course s. IL deg. E., 600 feet to
post No. /. the place of beginning, containing
13 77-I00 acres.
Magnetic variation 16h deg east.
The location of this mine is recorded in the
Recorders Office of White Pine Mining District,
White Pine county, State Of Nevada. This
claim is bounded by no known CLAIMS.
Any and all per ,ons claiming adversely any
portion of said Trustee mine or surface
ground are required to fila their adverse claims
with the Register of the United States Land
Office at Eureka, in the State of Nevada, during
the sixty days period of publication hereof, or
they will be barred by virtue Of the provisions Of
the Statute.
D. H. HALL, Register.
1t is sbereby ordered that the foregoing notice
OF application for patent be published for the
period of sixty days (ten consecutive weeks), In
the, Eureka Daily SENTINEL, daily newspaper
published at Eureka, Nevada.
m5-60d D. H. HALL, Register.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10

a, ana ia accordance with law and An order of
@ sne Board of Directors. made on the 4 IN dsv Of Of
su"b atos dsS, SO of each parcel Of
pubic auction at the Office og AZ oa.,n
sny' hyiand's Building. Eureka. Nevsds. on
Hhursday, the 5th day ar NAV
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Az the hour of o'clock p. III. of s.,d 5.r a.
pay the said delinquent assessmam, lay, uay, "
penses of the sale. ana ex'
oao. B. F. MoEwEN, secretarv.
Tmce-hyiand's Building, Eureka, Navsd.
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10

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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-05-10
THE ONLY GUARANTEE CURE

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Delinquent Sale Notice.
Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Com
pany.

oOATI0N OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
IL business, Eureka. Eureka county, Ne
vada.
Location of WORKS, Eureka Mining District,
Eureka county, State of Nevada.
Notice.-There are delinquent upon the fol-
lowing described stock. on account Of ASSESS
ment NO. l3) levied on the 4th day Of March,
1887. the several amounts set opposite the
names OF the respective shareholders. as fol.
lows:
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District Court Summons.
I'm the District Court Of the State
OfNcvada, Eureka County.


TNHE STATE OF NEVADA SENDS GREET
i ing to J. l.. Hinckley and Maggie Winzell,
Administrative of the estate of Joseph Win
Zell. deceased.
You are hereby required to appear In an ac-
ton commenced against you as defendant by
James Sweeney, as plaintiff, in the District
Court of the State OF Nevada, County of Eu-
reka, at the town of Eureka, and answer the
complaint therein. which is on file with the
Clerk OF said court. within ten days after the
service on you of this Summons exclusive Of
the day of service), IL served in said County, or
twenty days il served out OF said County, but
within this District. and in all other cases
forty days; or judgment BY default will be
taken against you, according to the prayer OF
said complaint. The said action is brought to
recover Judgment sgainst you the said defend
ants, for the sum of S3.0l2, alleged to be due
from you jointly anG severslly to him upon Q
certain undertaking on appeal and stay OF exe-
cution executed by you, J. L. Hinckley, and one
Joseph Winzeli, now deceased, and the Admin
is.ratrix OF whose estate you, Maggie Wirizell,
are, and filed In the case of James Sweeney
against G.. D. Schultes and William Mcconnell
In the Sixth Judicial District Court OF the
State CT Nevada, in and for Eureka County, on
the 18th day of March. 1884, all of which will
more fully appear by reference to said COM
plant, certified copy OF which is herewith
served. and to which you are hereby specially re-
ferred.
And you are hereby notified that, il you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as
above required, the said plaintiff will take
Judgment against you for the said sum OF S3,0l2
and coste of suit.
INTESTIMONY w WaEREOF,I, r. H. HARMON,
have hereunto set my hand and affixed
[sRAL the Seal of said Court this 2Oth day of
April, A. d. 1887. F. H. HARMON.
County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk Of the said
District Court OF the State Of Nevada, Eu-
reka County.
r. M. BEATTY AND PETER BRKEN, Attorneys for
Plaintiff. AZ
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POSTPONED.

unS1 iSe above sale 10 hereby postponed pnt,,
place. r. II McpWrSsai same hour and
Eureka. May 4, 1887. ' 'oofe.ary;
Connecticut western news., 1887-01-12
KEN E.

There are several cases of chicken pox among the children in this vicinity.
 William Edwards. who has been seriously i'll, is improving.
 Mrs l.. NJ. Rowland is mum bered on the sick list.
 Miss Mary Hopson left town on Mon day to attend the annual meeting of the Woman's Board of Missions, in New Haven this week.
 Quite number of hands are en- ployed at Eatol's tobacco warehouse, business Is lively just at present.
 Rev Hooker of Bridgwater. conducted services at St. Andrews church last Sun Jay morning in exchange with Rev G.. w. Griffith. There was no evening ser vice.
 Miss Gussie Crane of CIaverack is visiting her sister, Mrs E. $. Porter
 The third social given by the Episco- pal society takes place at the hall this Wednesday evening. It is expected there will be full attendance.
 The monument to be erected in Mrs | Changers plot in the new cemetery, to the memory of Dr Granger, arrived al this station last Wednesday, It is oi Vermont granite. and when completed will be massive and imposing struc ture, exceeding in grandeur anything o1 the kind in this vicinity. It now lies il sections, the base and larger pieces weighing several tons. There are, be sides, eighteen marble blocks of smaller | size, all of which were unloaded iron the cars by means of derrick. The monument Is to be put up by c. D | Cavntor X Co.,, of New York, who were | here with their men last week, intend | ing to put in the foundation immediate | ly, but the severe weather and frog, I ground proved objectionable for tn, work, and 1t will be deferred until mere favorable time.
 The notel travelling dog "Mac" visit ed this place on Sunday last. He go ! off the 10:3O train at this station and ac 1 cidently got left, but like all grea travellers he makes himself at hom anywhere He took a view of our vii lage, made several calls, and was quit sociable. He left town on the mill train.